Darth Nihilus was a Sith Lord of the Sith Order of Decreto, and the first of Wyyrlok's "Hands", as well as the commander of the Sith Order of Decreto's forces on Korriban and its nearby systems. A close friend of Darth Raith, the two were barely seen apart, let alone out of contact with one another. For years Nihilus lead from the front, proving his worth time and again against all different manner of enemies, Jedi included. Eventually however, with the on set of the Zao tenj War, Nihilus found himself fighting alongside the Jedi.